NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — The New York City Council has proposed 10 pieces of legislation to <a href="https://pix11.com/news/local-news/whistleblower-says-ai-takeover-is-a-mainstream-scientific-concern/” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>regulate artificial intelligence development, but tech leaders say some miss the mark.
Julie Samuels, President and CEO of Tech:NYC, joins PIX on Politics Daily to discuss the city’s role in regulating AI.
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Tech:NYC helped organize a letter signed by 115 startups and investors expressing concerns about some of the legislation. Samuels worries the legislation could hit small businesses not responsible for frontier AI development.
“At the end of the day, we just fundamentally don’t think that AI safety should be legislated at the local level … The technology does not see those boundaries,” Samuels said. Instead, it should be happening at a statewide, federal or even international level, she said.
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Emily Rahhal is a digital reporter who has covered New York City since 2023 after reporting in Los Angeles for years. She joined PIX11 in 2024. See more of her workhereand follow her on Twitterhere.
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